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Here's the line:

> この光は、本物の太陽の光、地上より導きいれた聖なる光にございます

I would translate it something like this: "This light, genuine solar light, is
holy light let in from the surface". I ignored the に, so I assume that
interpretation isn't correct. What's being said here and how does it work?


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What does にございます mean in this line?


It has its origin in the roots of the modern copular verb だ. Classical
Japanese had two main copular verbs たり and なり, the latter of which remains as
the な in things like 綺麗 **な** 花 or そう **な** んだ or 行く **なら**. These two copular
verbs can further be broken down as とあり and にあり, the latter of which can also
become **に** てあり → である → **で** ござる. This structure also "often" comes up in
things like ～ことにあり・にあらず。


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